“This is The place where fear disappears“
Did you have that feeling when speaking in front of people?
- Makes you feel uneasy
- Things which you would like to convey become unclear to you
- You start to miss the words which you well known
- You feel ridiculous in a position which somehow doesn’t fit the place
- Maybe you feel lost when standing on a stage
- Are you looking for some generic bloat content which has nothing to do to which you originally wanted to convey
- Are you Looking for a way for a way to get out from the place quickly
- Feeling vulnerable
- Feeling paralyzed
This is my friend experiencing all the symptoms of the stage fright!
Now let’s multiply this by the fact that English may not be your native language, and the challenge looks like even harder to bear.
But don’t worry, the mission of Speaking Elephants is to combat each of these inconveniences by empowering you with proven techniques on how to overcome them.
This is How!
On our meetings you will have an opportunity to:
- Speak in English all the time
- Be in the friendly group of people
- Speak in the front of the people
- Improve the way how you speak with a help of Toastmasters learning path of your choice
- Receive anonymous feedback after your speech to identify areas in which you can seek improvement
- Make a small steps to fully prepared speeches
- Prepare and lead a meeting
- Train a speech without any preparations on our Table Topics Session
- Meet the people which all share the same problems
- Meet advanced speakers and get their feedback
- Get access to Toastmasters Learning Paths
- Gain access to Toastmasters community which grows intensively beyond the club
Every Tuesday 18:30
Dom Kultury Kadr, Room #115 (Akapit)
Who are Speaking Elephants?
The Speaking Elephants is a part of Toastmasters International organization created 100 years ago. Our club was born in 2009 in Warsaw. It is one of a few English speaking clubs in Warsaw. The club is open for everybody. You can come at any meeting for free and try yourself in impromptu speaking.
Being a club member makes you a member of the whole Toastmasters International organization and allows to use all the benefits, the main of which are:
- Join an educational program and develop public speaking skills on practice;
- Meet interesting people all over the world;
- Participate in international conferences, training, workshops on public speaking and leadership for free or small fees;
- Challenge and develop leadership skills;
- Make author projects and check ideas for you work or business.
Our achievements
Our club has a rich history from which you can benefit by learning from the best. Here are a few honorable mentions:
International District contests winners and finalists:
- 2024 Cyryl Topalow, 1 Place Humorous Speech Contest in English
- 2024 Sylwia Niedziela, 2 Place Evaluation Contest in English
- 2022 Cyryl Topalov, 1 place Humorous Speech Contest in Polish
- 2022 Cyryl Topalov, finalist Humorous Speech Contest in English.
- 2021 Daria Stasiak, finalist International Speech Contest in Polish.
- 2021 Dorota Ucieklak, finalist Evaluation Speech Contest in Polish.
- 2020 Daria Stasiak, finalist Evaluation Speech Contest in Polish.
- 2020 Magda Olechnowicz, 2 place International Speech Contest in English.
- 2020 Adel Batretdinova, 3 place Humorous Speech Contest in English.
Distinguished Toastmasters (DTM) – the highest educational award
- Milena Paluchowska – the third club president.
Outstanding Toastmasters – the devision level award for leadership
- 2021 – Viktoriya Tudoran
- 2023 – Milena Maciuszko
Every Tuesday 18:30
Dom Kultury Kadr, Room #115 (Akapit)
What people say about us
Łukasz Makuch
By joining Speaking Elephants I have been able to exercise agency by regularly practicing being the person who makes things happen instead of just waiting for them to happen. But what’s even more important, I developed long-lasting friendships along the way, and that made me feel at home in a city where I was once a newcomer.
Margaryta Malyukova
Speaking Elephants became my home away from home when I came to Poland. It is a very enthusiastic group of people who are passionate about self-improvement. They are also very friendly and regularly hang out outside of the club. My speaking and leadership skills definitely improved after I joined!
Viktoriya Tudoran-Opanasenko
English speaking practice was my first priority when I joined the club.
However Speaking Elephants appeared to be a community of creative, open-minded, enthusiastic people. Here you can find partners for business projects, weekend fun, try your ideas in friendly atmosphere and yes, it is still a great place to train public speaking in English.